Party: Passing Clouds present Sahara Ganga: Electric Jalaba Album Launch!!!

Party: Passing Clouds present Sahara Ganga: Electric Jalaba Album Launch!!!

A mini Gnawa Festival in East London to celebrate the launch of Electric Jalaba's highly-anticipated new album!!

Simo Lagnawi, the UK's leading Guembri player and Gnawa Master, will lead you on a spiritual journey into the World of Gnawa culture, from Traditional through fusions of different styles.

This edition showcases a solid line up of electric bands that are wonderful examples of African fusion. Noted for their vibrant and energetic performances, these acts will keep you on your feet all night! Plus there'll be DJ sets, cocktails, facepainting, live sketching and chill out space happening upstairs!

LIVE:

♪♫♪♫ Electric Jalaba ♪♫♪♫

Electric Jalaba bring their brand of Psychedelic Gnawa, haunting vocals and driving North African rhythms to the Passing Clouds stage! The space-age band is a collaboration between electro-groovers Soundspecies and Gnawa master musician Simo Lagnawi that slinks along like the best desert blues yet kicks like the subtlest kind of dub. Guaranteed to blow the crowd away every time!!!

www.electricjalaba.com

♪♫♪♫ Alai Sanfo & Beoogo Yinga ♪♫♪♫

This powerful sounding multinational band fuses traditional African drumming from Burkina Faso with blues, reggae and unexpected instruments!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKSJG16CpjI

♪♫♪♫ FLYING IBEX ♪♫♪♫

They listen to old African pop cassettes and Brazilian Maracatu, mess around with delay pedals, and generally run down avenues of sound that are potentially as weird as they are potentially accessible.

You can either deep-sea-dive into the songs or try and untangle yourself from the perfectly executed, uncivilized beats. Whatever you choose to do, the songs will stick in your mind and the band will serve you up an irresistable feast of wayward groove!

http://www.bombshop.org/projects/flying-ibex

DJs:

♪♫♪♫ Koichi Sakai ♪♫♪♫

Nothing but the very best in Soul, Jazz, Funk, Reggae, Latin and Afrobeat from the man behind Ghetto Lounge:

http://ow.ly/Kd2Co

♪♫♪♫ Volta 45 ♪♫♪♫

Vinyl-Only DJ who brings quality Hi-Life and Tropical tracks to the Passing Clouds decks!!

http://ow.ly/KGMS3


INFO:

7pm-3:30am

Free before 9pm, £5 before 10pm, £10 after

1 Richmond Road E8 4AA
www.passingclouds.oric

Invited: Kamilla Arku, Deeba Månestråle, Nathalie Guinamard, Marcelle Zahra, Laura Burns, Rubens Reis, Leilih Caracol, Ashton Mullins, Liane Nguyen Holey, Shama Rahman, Madhav Bhatt, Adriana Swift, Olivia Wilson-Zarganis, Chantal Rose, Jam Eel, Leanne Davies, Natalia Palombo, Yulia Ivanova, Elle Holgate, Tom Schreiber, Jess Swann, Owen Snider, Dee Moran, Kate Williams, Amr Ahmed Elafany, Diamond Braganza, Flaca Kaz, Tom Hanson, Isolda HT, Sacha Pratt, Williamz Omope, Jocelyn Yeboah-Newton, Veronica Frances, Karthic Kukathasan, Shirley Eber, Amy Doffegnies, Isabelle Tawil, Maya Angeli, Rob Smith, Joseph Stables, Manj Sunny, Laura Kugel, Zahara OB, Edd Clegg, Nick Kwabby, Tal Sacha, Jim Hydiris, Luna Wild, Charlie Hinchcliff, Cedric Lassonde, Prune Diat, Yves Kousse, Mark Rap Unzel Weldon, Mayte Romera Caballero, Sabri Bo, Oliver Moira, Lorenzo Cco, Fabio Tedde, James Curtis Brewer, Anu Kurenomm, Ashley Cooke, Sam Golden, Oliver Brunetti, Spike Zephaniah Stephenson, Georgia Mae Clare, Jenna Allatt, Kristina Harper, Annmarie Lady-Luxury Davies, Kate Stanworth, Emma Bretherton, Nathaniel Keen, Paul Hirons, Emiaj Soyoh, Ruth Law, Rhi Oh, Rachida M Lam, Alexandra Rita Rosalina, Lila Powell, Alice Stride, Za Ras, Litchi Ly Friedrich, Carolina Nunes, Leyneuf Tines, Sarah Ying, Jasmine Dn, Christine Bach, Aurora Gaizutyte, Rebecca Raj, Nav Chohan, Sylvia Silvia Sylvia, Tommy Clark, Rachel Symoné, Atta Kouassi, Sophie Maria, Silvia Boblea, Rita Fox, John-scott Henderson, Myriam Mabrook, Kerstin De Beer, Eleanor Wilson show more »